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Illywhacker is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was published in 1985 to commercial and critical success, winning a number of awards and being short-listed for the Booker Prize.
- Peter Carey
- 600 pp
- 1985
- 1985
1 giorno fa · illywhacker (plural illywhackers) ( Australia, colloquial, rare) A small-time confidence trickster or seller of trinkets. 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 228: ‘What's an illywhacker ?’ said Charles. ‘Spieler,’ explained Leah, who was not used to children.
Definition of illywhacker noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Illywhacker is the memoirs of this aged, but not too aged, mendicant. He describes a life of wandering about southeastern Australia, from adventure to adventure, from fib to fib.
24 mar 2024 · In the rich tapestry of Australian vernacular, ‘illywhacker’ carries a unique charm that reflects the country’s colorful linguistic heritage. Unveiling the meaning of ‘illywhacker’ reveals its distinctiveness and historical significance within the cultural lexicon.
1 gen 2001 · Illywhacker is an epical tale of eccentricity and a rumbustious picaresque novel to boot. And the tales of bizarre characters should be told in a strange way otherwise all the weirdness will be lost.
Peter Carey: Illywhacker. Rightly described as a picaresque masterpiece, Illywhacker is the story of 139-year old Herbert Badgery, an “illywhacker” (a term for “a professional trickster, esp. operating at country shows”).
